Can and stopper therefor.



L. H. BROWN.

CAN AND STOPPER THEREFOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 26, 1914.

1,124,999. Patented Jan.12,1915.

22 /4 I I If WITH/E8858 INVENTOR 100/; f7! Bean N .w, u) U1 7 7 By WATTORNEYS LOUIS I-I. BROWN, or NEW YoRK, N. Y.

CAN AND STOPPER THEREFOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jam 12, 1915.

Application filed May 26, 1914. Serial No. 841,149.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, Louis H. BROWN, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the countyand State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Can and StopperTherefor, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

Among the principal objects which the present invention has in view are:to provide a device of the character mentioned to form a closure jointboth interiorly and ex teriorly; to provide a tight-fitting stopper andmeans inherent therein for facilitating the removal thereof; to providea stopper of the character named, having a relatively inexpensiveconstruction; and to provide a can and stopper to prevent theaccumulation of the material with which the can is charged at thepouring edge thereof.

Drawinga-Figure 1 is a vertical section of a can and stopper thereforconstructed and arranged in accordance with the present invention: Fig.2 is a side view showing the under face of the stopper; Fig. 3 is a viewsimilar to Fig. 1, the parts thereof being shown in separated relation;Fig. 4 is a vertical section of a can and stopper therefor, the stopperbeing constructed in ac cordance with the modified form of theinvention; Fig. 5 is a side view, showing the under face of the stoppershown in Fig. 4; Fig. 6 is a side view of a can and a vertical sectionof a stopper therefor, said can and stopper being shown in separatedrelation and as constructed in accordance with the modified form of theinvention.

Description-As seen in the drawings the can 11 is preferably providedwith a clear passage and a standing terminal flange 14, the outer edgewhereof remains preferably raw or reduced to a cutting edge. At the baseof the flange 14, the metal forming the can 11 is laterally expanded andlongitudinally contracted to form an annular flange shoulder 15. Thestopper to fit the can above described is constructed of any yieldingand slightly resilient material. As shown in the drawings, the stopper16 is constructed of wood of a substantially soft and pithy-character.The body of the stopper 16 is shaped to form a central boss or filler17. The boss or filler 17 is extended beyond the body of the stopper toform a guide member therefor to aid in inserting the stopper within thecan 11. Flush with the sides of the boss 17, the'body of the stopper hasformed therein a cut or scarf 1 18, usually produced by theinsertion ofa knife blade .or edge.

18 so that the pressure of the sides thereof on the adjacent sides ofthe flange 14, when forced therein, will'operate to clean said flangeand to remove any adhering portions of the material with which the can11 is charged. .To protect the stopper 16, and to reinforce the same,-ametal cap 19 is provided. The cap 19 is furnished with an annular flange20, which infolds and is pressed It is preferred that V no materialshall be removed from the scarf upon the side edge of the stopper 16. To

hold the stopper 16 within the cap 19, the annular flange 20 is curledover the projecting side of the stopper 16 to form a facing,

21 for the under side of the stopper, and

also an edge to force the side of the flange 14, slightly inward. Inservice, the facing 21 receives the pressure of any tool which isemployed for prying the stopper from the can, to open the same.

It will be noted that the facing 21 in the preferred form, and theextended flange 22 in the modified form of the invention are both, whenin service, disposed in line with, and separated from the flangeshoulder 15. This construction in both forms provides a rest for a toolinserted below the overhang of the stopper to lift the same from the can11.

Claims:

1. In combination, a can having a straight flange pouring opening; astopper for said can having a tube formed in correspondence with saidflange and opening, adapted to receive said flange and to press upon theexterior and interior surfaces thereof a metal cover for said stopper,said covering being shaped to form an exposed inturned flange;

and an annular extended flange formed on said can adjacent said inturnedflange and separated therefrom when in service position.

2. A can, comprising a standing thinedged flange, forming the openingthereof; an annular flange shoulder formed integral with said can andextended laterally therefrom adjacent the edge of said upstandingflange; a stopper for said-can having an annular groove for receivingthe thm edge of said upstanding flange; a metal cap covering saidstopper, said cap having an annular flange covering the edge of saidstopper; and a facing flange inturned below said stopper said facingflange being juxtaposed to said shoulder on said can when in servicerelation. I

3. A can, comprising a standing thinedged flange, forming the openingthereof; an annular flange shoulder formed integral with said can andextended laterally therefrom adjacent the edge of said upstandingflange; a stopper for said cam having an annular groove for receivingthe thin edge of said upstanding flange; a metal cap cover- 'LoUis H.BROWN.

i/Vitnesses: v

ALBERT VAN ETTEN, WILLIAM A. l/VALSH.

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